What were sports in Ancient Rome?

Answer 1

They usually would play with balls, or seesaws. The boys sometimes played with wooden swords.

Some Roman kids also use to play Knuckles (similar to jacks), which they watched adults play.

Answer 2

The Ancient Romans played many different sports. The Coliseum was built to have a place to gather for chariot races, gladiator competitions, and fights with wild animals. The Ancient Romans also played Board Games and dice games.

Answer 3

"Fun" to the ancients or to anyone for that matter, depended upon the person. The Romans had a variety of activities to amuse themselves just as we do. Some liked participating in sports, others liked listening to poetry readings or going to the theater. Yet others like gambling. The chariot races were the most popular spectator sport just as our football is the most popular spectator sport. If you think of what we consider fun, you can be certain that the Romans had an equivalent to it.

Answer 4

ancient Rome and other large cities in the empire had three major forms of entertainment. In Rome itself the arena nick nicknamed the Colosseum was a huge public arena that for the most part was used for gladiator fights. The Circus Maximus was used for Chariot Racing. This form of sport was very popular among ancient Romans. Rome also had smaller amphitheaters for plays.

Cities outside of Rome had places for the same entertainment but were much smaller then the facilities in Rome.

Answer 5

Board games and GLADIATOR GAMES. Gladiator games were SOOOO bad, but the board games were like the ones we have now.

Answer 6

Ancient Romans played with marbles the same way we play with marbles today. also they had rag dolls and play a stone board counter game.

Answer 7

no

Edit:

There were many sports in ancient Rome, like fights in an arena.

Answer 8

Galidiator, chariot racing hunting board games and ball games

Answer 9

gladiator fights